Misinterpretations of Fetal Alcohol Children
When it comes to raising a child with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, or ARND, my perception and my way of thinking often has to change. For example, when he repeatedly does the same things I NEED to understand that it is not him trying to make me angry to him being malicious but sometimes he does not understand, sometimes he can’t link the cause and effect and sometimes he just can’t remember that the is not supposed to do that particular thing.
A perfect example of this is AJ’s constant need to throw things into the air. We tend to think that he is doing this on purpose or because he is being malicious but he seems to have a neurological need to move and to stim in this manner. He is not on sensory overload but it fulfulls some sort of proprioceptive function for him.
Another example is that he has horrible social judgement and is just not able to read other children correctly. When other parents (who don’t know us) are around they think that we are the ones at fault, that he is yelling and screaming because we are bad parents. But, it is AJ to does not know how to control his own self, no matter what we do to help him.
What does your child do that is hard to explain?
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